History Music / SummerDaysAndSummerNights

* FaceOnTheCover: A group shot of the band members, minus Al and Bruce.

* ListSong: "I'm Bugged at My Ol' Man" is a list of all the stuff that the narrator finds irritating about his father. "Amusement Parks, U.S.A." namechecks several real-life American amusement parks of the era and lists all the fun activities that can be pursued therein.

Along with ''Music/TheBeachBoysToday'', this album is musically seen as the immediate precursor to ''Music/PetSounds'', as Brian's song-writing, production and arrangement skills were clearly developing rapidly. Hits and fan favorites include "Girl Don't Tell Me", "Help Me, Rhonda", "California Girls", and "Let Him Run Wild".

* ArtisticLicenseGeography: "Salt Lake City", where the protagonist feels really excited of going there, because "it got the grooviest kids" who "talk so cool". There is also a "number one radio station", a "park near the city"[[note]][[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagoon_(amusement_park) Lagoon]], the amusement park in question, is still around and is still a popular attraction[[/note]], "all kinds of girls", "sun" and in "winter time the skiing is great". In reality, Salt Lake City is not exactly the most exciting place to hang around when you're young, so the protagonist in this song might be exaggerating a bit. The song is actually enduringly popular in Salt Lake City itself, partly because of the novelty of a famous group singing about the city, but also partly because the song ''does'' [[MisaimedFandom come off as an amusingly backhanded tribute]], with the guys struggling to come up with two minutes-worth of things to say about Salt Lake. The EpicRiff doesn't hurt either.

* CoverVersion: "Then I Kissed Her", originally by The Crystals.

* ExcitedShowTitle: Featuring ''two'' exclamation marks, no less.

* [[AbsenteeActor Absentee Musician]]: While fully averted on the album itself, Al Jardine and Bruce Johnston are missing from the album cover. The former because he was ill at the day of the photo-shoot and couldn't make it. The latter ''was'' at the shoot (and turns up on some unreleased, alternate photos from same), but he was contractually not allowed to appear on a Beach Boys album sleeve until ''Music/WildHoney'' in late 1967.
** The liner notes consist of a paragraph for each band member alongside a photo of them. Al's paragraph explains the reason why he missed the shoot and his portrait shows him on a plain background instead of being on the boat. Bruce doesn't get a paragraph or picture for the above reasons.

* FaceOnTheCover: A group shot of the band members, [[AbsenteeActor minus Al and Bruce]].

* Al Jardine - guitar, backing and lead vocals, bass

* Carl Wilson - guitar, backing and lead vocals

It is their first album to feature Bruce Johnston, who joined as band's sixth member while it was being recorded. Johnston joined primarily to replace Glen Campbell as Music/BrianWilson's substitute for live performances, Brian having quit touring in December 1964.

* Bruce Johnston - piano, vocals, organ, celeste
* Mike Love - lead vocals

* TechnologyMarchesOn: In "I'm Bugged at My Ol' Man" the protagonist's father jerks his son's phone right out of the wall. Nowadays, he would just take his cellphone away.

* SpokenWordInMusic: "Amusement Parks U.S.A." has a spoken word interlude by drummer Hal Blaine, where he imitates a man trying to invite people to come to the "Beach Boy Circus".

* StopAndGo: The bonus single-only track "The Little Girl I Once Knew" features two periods of complete silence. Since radio stations want to avoid DeadAir as much as possible, those ended up hindering the single's performance in the charts, causing it to stall at #20 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. [[note]]Capitol rush-releasing "Barbara Ann" from ''Music/BeachBoysParty'' the very next month might have also helped kill its chart momentum.[[/note]]

* YouAreGrounded: "I'm Bugged At My Ol' Man"

* ImportantHaircut: "I'm Bugged At My Ol' Man"

* ListSong: "I'm Bugged at My Ol' Man" is a list of all the stuff that the protagonist finds irritating about his father. "Amusement Parks, U.S.A." namechecks several real-life American amusement parks of the era and lists all the fun activities that can be pursued therein.

* InTheStyleOf: "Girl Don't Tell Me" sounds very much like Music/TheBeatles' song "Ticket to Ride" from ''Music/{{Help}}''. It's likely that the former, which was recorded on April 30, 1965, was influenced by the latter, which had been released on April 9 of that year.
** "You're So Good To Me" sounds a lot like a Music/FrankieValliAndTheFourSeasons song.
* ListSong: "I'm Bugged At My Ol' Man" is a list of all the stuff that the protagonist finds irritating about his father. "Amusement Parks, U.S.A." lists all the fun activities that can be pursued in American amusement parks.

* OneWomanSong: "The Girl From New York City", "Girl Don't Tell Me", "Help Me, Rhonda".

* ArchnemesisDad: The father in "I'm Bugged At My Old Man" certainly has a tyrannical streak to him. At first he seems like a typical strict father, since he makes the protagonist stay in his room and he is mad when he comes in a little late. But as the song progresses he almost seems like a dictator. He sells his son's surfboard, cuts off his hair in his sleep, tacks up boards on his window so he can't look outside, jerks his phone out of the wall when his son tries to call up his girlfriend, steals his radio and, to top it all off, he is out eating steak, while his son just gets some breadcrumbs and a little glass of water for dinner! Though the last line does turn the tables as it reveals that all this might just be a severe punishment for the fact that the boy got suspended from school.

* TechnologyMarchesOn: In "I'm Bugged At My Ol' Man" the protagonist's father jerks his son's phone right out of the wall. Nowadays, he would just take his cellphone away.
%%* TruthInTelevision: The joke song "I'm Bugged At My Ol' Man" is roughly based on the abuse Brian, Dennis and Carl went through under their father Murry Wilson.

---> ''And it ruined our plan''

* CallingTheOldManOut: "I'm Bugged At My Old Man".

* DeniedFoodAsPunishment: "I'm Bugged At My Ol' Man"

* FakeOutFadeOut / StopAndGo : The bonus single-only track "The Little Girl I Once Knew" features two periods of complete silence. Since radio stations want to avoid DeadAir as much as possible, those ended up hindering the single's performance in the charts, causing it to stall at #20 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. [[note]]Capitol rush-releasing "Barbara Ann" from Music/BeachBoysParty the very next month might've killed it's chart momentum.[[/note]]

* PepTalkSong: "You're So Good To Me" explains to the girl why she is so great.

* SurfRock: "I'm Bugged At My Ol' Man" features a token reference to surfing:

It is their first album to feature Bruce Johnston, who joined the band while it was being recorded. Johnston joined primarily to replace Glen Campbell as Music/BrianWilson's substitute for live performances, Brian having quit touring in December 1964.

# "The Girl From New York City" (1:54)

# "I'm Bugged At My Old Man" (2:17)

* InTheStyleOf: "Girl Don't Tell Me" sounds very much like Music/TheBeatles' song "Ticket To Ride" from ''Music/{{Help}}''. It's likely that the former, which was recorded on April 30, 1965, was influenced by the latter, which had been released on April 9 of that year.

* ArtisticLicenseGeography: "Salt Lake City", where the protagonist feels really excited of going there, because "it got the grooviest kids" who "talk so cool". There is also a "number one radio station", a "park near the city"[[note]][[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagoon_(amusement_park) Lagoon]], the amusement park in question, is still around and is still a popular attraction[[/note]], "all kinds of girls", "sun" and in "winter time the skiing is great". In reality, Salt Lake City is not exactly the most exciting place to hang around when you're young, so the protagonist in this song might be exaggerating a bit. The song is actually enduringly popular in Salt Lake City itself, partly because of the novelty of a famous group singing about the city, but also partly because the song ''does'' [[MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales come off as an amusingly backhanded tribute]], with the guys struggling to come up with two minutes-worth of things to say about Salt Lake. The EpicRiff doesn't hurt either.

Along with ''Music/TheBeachBoysToday'', this album is musically seen as the immediate precursor to ''Music/PetSounds'', as Brian's song-writing, production and arrangement skills were clearly developing rapidly. Hits and fan favorites include "Girl Don't Tell Me", "Help Me, Rhonda", "California Girls" and "Let Him Run Wild".

Along with ''Music/TheBeachBoysToday'', this album is musically seen as the immediate precursor to ''Music/PetSounds'', as Brian's song-writing, production and arrangement skills were clearly developing rapidly. Hits and fan favourites include "Girl Don't Tell Me", "Help Me, Rhonda", "California Girls" and "Let Him Run Wild".